Legal Opinion

Dustin Myers v. Murry Bowman

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided April 10, 2013No. 11-14802PublishedCited by 111 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRYOR, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents the question whether three officials in a rural county of Georgia are entitled to a summary judgment against a complaint that they violated the civil rights of a father and son who had been involved in an aborted exchange of property between a previously engaged couple. When Dustin Myers and Kelley Bowman ended their engagement to be married, Dustin attempted to retrieve the diamond ring he had given Kelley and other personal property, but that attempt prompted allegations that Dustin had stolen Kelley’s dog, followed by a police chase on rural…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. West v. AtkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. Graham v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  4. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  5. Scott v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 2007

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3Cited by111 opinions

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